The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-06-12

the ground. He did not always stop 70 con-
S
told him that he could not OpE9 possibly pay. He
scrupulous land agent a chance which was
at once their gain and l,s.,, ruin: They
sh ss
pesF ho%e afffGs sy @ veil Il he SsS even s
even sell his stock 4 he had t. What else
sood harvest yes when he could recover Himself
ate demands Of his taskmasterp It was ali In
hope hope Would not satisfy the landlord. Theirs
was safe way to get money. James. In his
and penniless on the roadside. and another
unhappy tenant was found and victimiyed. -,
mhsrS are lust two Ways 81 compelling the
One Is physical force the other moral suasion.
Pnss force has been tried than
numbers to. meet the English in open war.
The Land League adopted tho course Of
oso int hes
but this does. not detract from the good.
parties deal wsR landlord the t sMo
ant. and y must be admitted that the latter re-
os s%hSn Ss es Ss
he had drained the resources OF one tenant he
could easily procure another tenant and treat
lookto eviction as safe and easy method Of
eod ssasH And vm as ths se sS
w Where the t Land League had fully ipaug:
HAM, Mr. IT, Fora @ asS Sayns RSs
ee was NEXT to the e VI and ordersd
him to take the vacant farm. He went wild
Sh S Snd d dssp q d 10 friend 1. F s4sa
AND The Wife and ch S i don't take the
orkhouso or to America; and IL I do take Il,
| the Land League will have me boycotted."
ThS psss p 4sR to to pTG0' him. and did
I belieye that the English people would have
done JUSTICE to Ireland long since, II 1rsh a.
peared to Englishmen to be the most trustwor-
s gem en'' Who wrote last Week over his
own name to New York daily asks the very
natural question why It is tPas It. lord hans
10, By his own personal knowledge, can declare
in England, and that his estate at Bowood Is
an open park for the recreation Of the work
s pSGRs 81 Is aat the Pa5 has
sxssq frsS aHS}Srd d in nsis9a in ana = =
Is impossible he could act so unjustly to his
not toierare the injustice that is done in Ire
! %hsh T shs iandlosa cares ,6s no%snt TSe
against him en- masse II he dared to treat them
as he treats, his Irish tenants. They would
or Tolls
| the Irish tenant.
The best answer t9 al English .h criticisms OF
| tween tho rents and the crops, the resources.
which last should be ,e,,1 noted espec4all ~ Of
country. have never had the Opportunity Of
such al
Careful observation OF tie condition Of tenant
farmers and cottagers in both countries.
any Kind for the mass Of the ReNRle Al
% And it by
the sons OF small farmers, have many oppor-
enaras d deHsd to 1aH
wives and daughters Of English farmers
ope es s to them which, sdd eonsiSsraby
to the common fund Of the family. There Is
Is that 81 sRs E to
%eh the % & hs
ass The
weather. by either heat or cold, rain or drought.
poor frish p far e he IS rained man He is
expected to give what he has not got.
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sequence of tho fuctuation OF the harvest.
wheat suppss sas ssss dsqB e ssus from
erations Of Justice are admitted. II ProvI-
SsnsS to Of e. e much
worse for the farmer
Bowood, Lord Lansdowns,,s G English estate:
H many ~ English toWns Tiers
more e 5al T1 @ market Tor newly
laid eggs, butter, cheese. fruit. cream. and
al Of which HnS
OF the husband and son. Besides this, village
industries, such as knitting and straw pleating.
In Ireland there are no such resources. Any
one who could take brd's.eye view q Kerry,
lagos ~ It's s entire Absences Of any
Whatever. its 'sonseausnt want q indgstrial
s ye Ksrheg w ssD
dssSis!s ssrss5s ana anS
shire and beyopshire. where the ancestral
estates Of Lord Devon are situated could not
kn io the condition Of the people both in
these sa HRss snd and
know there is poverty there. as there must be
everywhere under the present condition OF
also ths hs q the
Compared Tor one Instant
VINO cares for. the Door In Irelandf Who
cares to give them any employment which
would help to exc out a. nyingP WHO caEes
whether the seasons are bad or good Who
cares whether the people live or die2 Only the
priest, who shares their lot; only the Sisters,
who do their little best to pour drop or two OF
comfort into the black sea Of misery.
Mayo. Galway. Donegal, Kerry, all these
worst districts might be made fertile and might
emit population II they only had the same ad-
vantages as the English counties have known
and named.
In these English counties, 4 the landlord is
not always resident, he Is obliged to keep up
the tone and style OF his establishment. His
position as an English gentleman o5liges him
Is present or absent, and so to help local trade.
He is obliged for his own credit to have his
gardens, his Conservatives. his horses N his 4,
The Highest state Of order. and all this Involves
Q large local outlay of money Custom. which
aims at Christmas and Easter to his poorer
tenants. There are few county parishes In
England where the parson Is not the recipient